FACTS which contradict what is taught in the universities and which even run counter to the assumptions made by critics of misandry.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Katherine Foley’s War Against “Love Racketeering” - 1938

FULL TEXT (Article 1 of 2): Boston – “To take the heart balm racket off
the gold basis,” Rep. Katherine A. Foley of Lawrence yesterday urged the
joint committee on judiciary of legislature to favor the bill which
would outlaw breach of promise suits in Massachusetts.

Mrs. Foley
declared that the woman who “puts a price on tries to collect money for
it is as much of a robber as a holdup man with a gun.” She contended
that breach of promise suits largely degenerate into extortion suits
against unwitting, unsuspecting and wealthy males.

She told the
committee the amount of money paid for “blackmail to people with
supposedly broken hearts, who merely resort to these contemptible means
to extort money from innocent victims it most appalling.” She maintained
that no woman of delicate feelings wants to parade the details of
unfruited romances before the public and those hurt hide their feelings
instead of flashing them before the eyes of the world.

Rep.
Raymond F. O’Connell of Springfield favored, saying the thought behind
the proposal is good and that breach of promise suits are “one way of
getting something for nothing.”

Atty. Samuel Silverman, former
corporation of Boston, favoring, said the time is coming when breach of
promise suits will be wiped out and the Massachusetts Legislature should
get aboard the bandwagon early.